BitGo Holdings Inc. and 21shares have broadened their collaboration to provide staking and custody services.
BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company, and 21shares, one of the world’s largest issuers of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), announced the significant expansion of their partnership across the US and EMEA.
The firms are building on their established relationship to support 21shares’ growing suite of crypto ETP products, serving investors across the US and Europe.
21shares has been working with BitGo as a custody partner since 2024. Initially, the relationship focused primarily on digital asset custody services, with BitGo acting as one of our regulated custodians supporting selected products across our ETP platform.
Alistair Byas-Perry, VP, head of capital markets & EMEA investment at 21shares said: “Building on the custody foundation, we have expanded our collaboration to include staking infrastructure and broader ETF-related services. This allows us to deepen integration across both custody and yield-generating capabilities, while continuing to enhance security, efficiency and scalability across our product suite.”
As part of the new expansion, BitGo will provide the infrastructure required to support 21shares’ platform through its security, deep trading and execution capabilities, integrated staking services and a globally distributed team dedicated to supporting institutional clients.
This will provide 21shares with access to deeper liquidity, better execution across electronic and over-the-counter markets, plus competitive staking rewards to support efficient digital asset operations. These services are delivered within BitGo’s regulated and insured qualified custody framework, providing institutional-grade protection that many infrastructure providers in the digital asset industry are unable to offer.
This expansion follows continued momentum at BitGo, including receiving approval from the US’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to convert its subsidiary, BitGo Bank & Trust, to a federally chartered trust bank for digital assets and its recent IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
